Network Boot (Rescue Mode)

I need to rescue a OL5 VM guest the other day and discovered you can Network boot into rescue mode by using the following arguments in the boot string.
--args rescue http://server/pathtodistribution
Just thought I would share. You could always just mount the virtual disk on another host but to me... this is simpler and faster.

I've added extended logging to the console, so there are a few more things to show the errors:
[ OK ] Mounted /boot.
[ OK ] Reached target Local File Systems.
Starting Recreate Volatile Files and Directories...
Starting Trigger Flushing of Journal to Persistent Storage...
[ OK ] Started Recreate Volatile Files and Directories.
Starting Update UTMP about System Reboot/Shutdown...
[ OK ] Started Update UTMP about System Reboot/Shutdown.
[ OK ] Started Trigger Flushing of Journal to Persistent Storage.
[ OK ] Reached target System Initialization.
Starting Rescue Shell...
[ OK ] Started Rescue Shell.
[ OK ] Reached target Rescue Mode.
[ 2.915824] systemd[255]: Failed at step CHDIR spawning /bin/plymouth: No such file or directory
[ 2.934292] systemd[257]: Failed at step CHDIR spawning /bin/echo: No such file or directory
[ 2.952007] systemd[260]: Failed at step CHDIR spawning /sbin/sulogin: No such file or directory
[ 2.970414] systemd[263]: Failed at step CHDIR spawning /usr/bin/systemctl: No such file or directory
Remember, this is a fresh installation. Only the base base-devel and vim packages are installed.
Any ideas?

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    [ OK ] Listening on Journal Socket.
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    [ OK ] Started Journal Service.
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    Starting Setup Virtual Console...
    Mounting Huge Pages File System...
    Starting Create static device nodes in /dev...
    Mounting POSIX Message Queue File System...
    [ OK ] Reached target Encrypted Volumes.
    Mounting Configuration File System...
    [ OK ] Listening on udev Kernel Socket.
    [ OK ] Listening on udev Control Socket.
    Starting udev Coldplug all Devices...
    [ OK ] Reached target Swap.
    Mounting Temporary Directory...
    Starting Remount Root and Kernel File Systems...
    Expecting device dev-sda1.device...
    [ OK ] Started Apply Kernel Variables.
    [ OK ] Mounted Debug File System.
    [ OK ] Started Setup Virtual Console.
    [ OK ] Mounted Huge Pages File System.
    [ OK ] Started Create static device nodes in /dev.
    [ OK ] Mounted POSIX Message Queue File System.
    [ OK ] Mounted Configuration File System.
    [ OK ] Mounted Temporary Directory.
    [ OK ] Started Remount Root and Kernel File Systems.
    [ OK ] Started udev Coldplug all Devices.
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    [FAILED] Failed to start Load Random Seed.
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    [ OK ] Started udev Kernel Device Manager.
    [ OK ] Reached target Local File Systems (Pre).
    [ OK ] Found device M4-CT128M4SSD2.
    Mounting /boot...
    [ OK ] Mounted /boot.
    [ OK ] Reached target Local File Systems.
    Starting Recreate Volatile Files and Directories...
    Starting Trigger Flushing of Journal to Persistent Storage...
    [ OK ] Started Recreate Volatile Files and Directories.
    Starting Update UTMP about System Reboot/Shutdown...
    [ OK ] Started Update UTMP about System Reboot/Shutdown.
    [ OK ] Started Trigger Flushing of Journal to Persistent Storage.
    [ OK ] Reached target System Initialization.
    Starting Rescue Shell...
    [ OK ] Started Rescue Shell.
    [ OK ] Reached target Rescue Mode.
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    [ OK ] Reached target Local File Systems.
    Starting Recreate Volatile Files and Directories...
    Starting Trigger Flushing of Journal to Persistent Storage...
    [ OK ] Started Recreate Volatile Files and Directories.
    Starting Update UTMP about System Reboot/Shutdown...
    [ OK ] Started Update UTMP about System Reboot/Shutdown.
    [ OK ] Started Trigger Flushing of Journal to Persistent Storage.
    [ OK ] Reached target System Initialization.
    Starting Rescue Shell...
    [ OK ] Started Rescue Shell.
    [ OK ] Reached target Rescue Mode.
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    [ 2.934292] systemd[257]: Failed at step CHDIR spawning /bin/echo: No such file or directory
    [ 2.952007] systemd[260]: Failed at step CHDIR spawning /sbin/sulogin: No such file or directory
    [ 2.970414] systemd[263]: Failed at step CHDIR spawning /usr/bin/systemctl: No such file or directory
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    sda 8:0 0 698.7G 0 disk
    └─sda1 8:1 0 698.7G 0 part
    sdb 8:16 0 232.9G 0 disk
    ├─sdb1 8:17 0 2M 0 part
    ├─sdb2 8:18 0 225G 0 part /
    └─sdb3 8:19 0 7.9G 0 part [SWAP]
    sdc 8:32 1 14.9G 0 disk
    ├─sdc1 8:33 1 981M 0 part
    └─sdc2 8:34 1 2.3M 0 part
    loop0 7:0 0 938.7M 1 loop
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    # <file system> <dir> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
    # /dev/sdc2
    UUID=4b3df82d-8e9a-4f0c-9dd6-a6a863e2f1b6 / ext4 $
    # /dev/sdc3
    UUID=837b4fa3-19f1-4f69-a309-da02eab308e6 none swap $
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    insmod part_gpt
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    if [ "${next_entry}" ] ; then
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    set next_entry=
    save_env next_entry
    set boot_once=true
    else
    set default="0"
    fi
    if [ x"${feature_menuentry_id}" = xy ]; then
    menuentry_id_option="--id"
    else
    menuentry_id_option=""
    fi
    export menuentry_id_option
    if [ "${prev_saved_entry}" ]; then
    set saved_entry="${prev_saved_entry}"
    save_env saved_entry
    set prev_saved_entry=
    save_env prev_saved_entry
    set boot_once=true
    fi
    function savedefault {
    if [ -z "${boot_once}" ]; then
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    fi
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    else
    insmod efi_gop
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    insmod ieee1275_fb
    insmod vbe
    insmod vga
    insmod video_bochs
    insmod video_cirrus
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    if [ x$feature_default_font_path = xy ] ; then
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    set root='hd2,gpt2'
    if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
    search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd2,gpt2 --hint-efi=hd2,gpt2 --hint-baremetal=ahci2,gpt2 4b3df82d-8e9a-4f0c-9dd6-a6a863e2f1b6
    else
    search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 4b3df82d-8e9a-4f0c-9dd6-a6a863e2f1b6
    fi
    font="/usr/share/grub/unicode.pf2"
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    set lang=en_US
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    set timeout=5
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    # unavailable.
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    set timeout=5
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    search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 4b3df82d-8e9a-4f0c-9dd6-a6a863e2f1b6
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    linux /boot/vmlinuz-linux root=UUID=4b3df82d-8e9a-4f0c-9dd6-a6a863e2f1b6 rw quiet
    echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
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    menuentry 'Arch Linux, with Linux linux' --class arch --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-linux-advanced-4b3df82d-8e9a-4f0c-9dd6-a6a863e2f1b6' {
    load_video
    set gfxpayload=keep
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    insmod part_gpt
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    set root='hd2,gpt2'
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    ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/41_custom ###
    if [ -f ${config_directory}/custom.cfg ]; then
    source ${config_directory}/custom.cfg
    elif [ -z "${config_directory}" -a -f $prefix/custom.cfg ]; then
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